What I am trying to say is we need to test the car's durability on a track or simply some 'spirited' driving before the event.

I was also thinking about this aspect on this morning's commute...I think we should drive someplace long before the race so that we can truly test the endurance, like to Moses Lake & back...get some mountain driving in there to really see how she handles. We'd need a chase car, of course...just in case it doesn't make it.